Cabinet



Jan. 31, 1928. 1,657,718 G. A. HORN CABINET Filed May 26. 1924 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 wiyr 12 #2172 Maw WM,

Jan. 31, 1928 1,657,718

G. A. HORN CAQINBT Filed May 26. 1924 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Q I A li/@7150 Jan. 31, 1928. 1,657,718

G. A. HORN 1 CABINET Filed May 26. 1924 5 Sheets- Sheet s ewya Q #0772 Patented Jan. 31, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT" OFFICE) GEORGE A. HORN", OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CABINET. i

Application filed May 26, 1924. Serial No. 715,987.

to the provision of a cabinet in which can; be installed with equal facility any of a great number of standardradio receivmg sets together with complementary or auxiliary apparatus thereof, which affords greatconvenience in adjusting and operating a radio receiving set and complementary or. aux-- iliary apparatus installed therein, which is not unreasonably bulky, and which is sus ceptible of constituting an attractive and useful place of household furniture at the samevtime enclosing the radio receiving set.

and its complementary or auxiliary. appa ratus which assemblage if not enclosed is home. a y g 7 Other featuresof the invention the provision in combination with a cabinet structure and an associated member movable with respectthereto of simple and effective means whereby the associated member is carried by the cabinet structure for move ment in paths transverse to each other with a view toward convenient accessibility; the structure being particularly adapted for movably supporting the top of a cabinet of the above described. character although adapted for movably supporting other movable members of acabinet structure such as drawers or shelves with advantage.

Vith these features in view my invention consists in certain features of novelty inthe construction, combination, and arrangement of parts by which the said features-and certain other features. hereinafter appearing. are effected. all as fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

'In the said drawings 7 V Figure 1 1s a perspective v1ew of a cabinet embodying the features of mymvention.

Figure 2 is similar view with parts in diiferent positions and with parts broken away to more clearly-illustrate thestruct-ure. Figure 3- is a top plan view of the same with the movable top partially broken away. Figure 4: is a partial front elevation of the same in partial section on the line 4l-- of Fig. 3.

relate to.

Figure 5 Fig. 3. 1

Figuret is an enlarged partial perspective view with a portion of the top broken away. Figure 7 is an enlarged perspective view" of a portion of the structure.-

Like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views.

Referring to the drawings 1 designates a cabinet of elongated rectangular formation which is supported in an "elevated position by legs 2 at the narrow sides thereof. The cabinet is open at the top and is provided with a movable top 3 which is-carried by the cabinet for movement to permit access into the cabinet by means hereinafter to be i described.

' One longside of the cabinet constitutes the frontthereof, andthis long side is provided with an elevated opening 4 extending suban additional relatively narrow opening 5 below the opening 4 in central relation therei with and extending to the lower edge of this side. The bottomjG of the cabinet is provided with a vrelatively narrow rectangular opening 7 corresponding with'the opening-y 5 and extending inwardly from the front side of the cabinet to an intermediate point in the cabinet and continuing the opening 5. Vertical wall members 8 extend along the sides and inner end of the opening 7 and is a section on the line 5-5" of unsightly, untidy, and unattractive in a stantially the length of this side and with project upwardly from the bottom to an intermediately elevated plane in-the cabinet, they being properly secured to the bottom and front side of the cabinet and to each other in a usualmanner, and a horizontal support member 9 substantially coextensive with the opening 7 e is secured to andsupported at the top of the wall members 8 whereby to form a relatively small intermediately elevated support in the cabinet at the front side and spaced from the remaining sides thereof and disposed centrally with respect'to the aforementioned relatively wide elevated opening 4:;

Inthe installation of a radio receiving set and complemental or auxiliary apparatus thereof in'the cabinet, the receiving set is rested upon the. support member 9 adjacent the. opening 4 the support, member 9 being disposed to support the set in van elevated position correspondingwith the opening-4 for the convenient manipulation of the knobs or dials of the set- Wherea receiving set having a front operating panel, upon the face of which theknobs or dials of the set are disposed, is installed in the cabinet, the set is disposed with its operating panel facing the opening 4, and where a receiving set having a top operating panel, upon which the knobs and dials of the set are disposed, is installed in the cabinet, the knobs and) dials of the set are either accessible through the opening 4 or through the open top of the cabinet, the movable top being moved to a partially open position for this purpose. The distance from the top to the support member 9,-the length of the cabinet and the width of the opening 4, and the width of the cabinet. are such that a great variety of receiving sets may be installed in the cabinet as above described with equal advantage. The entire space in the cabinet below the support member 9 is available for the installation in the cabinet of complemental or auxiliary apparatus such as batteries, battery charger, etc., irrespective of the size or proportions of the installed receiving set, together with the space above the support member 9 not occupied by the receiving set whereby adequate space is provided for the installation of each complemental or auxiliary apparatusin a convenient and accessible manner without the cabinet being unduly largennd bulky or of inconvenient or unattractive dimensions not susceptible of constituting an attractive piece of household furniture.

The interior of the cabinet-is preferably open at the top for access thereinto for convenient installation of the receiving set and complemental or auxiliary parts and for the convenient inspection, or repair of the set or parts, the top 3being movable as hereinbeore mentioned for this purpose.

A door 11 is provided for closing the opening 4:, and is hinged at its lower edge to the front side of the cabinet, as designated at 12, for outward opening movement. A pair of doors 13 is provided for closing the opening 5, and these'doors are hinged to the front side of the cabinet at respective vertical sides of the opening 5, as designated to 14, for outward opening movement. The doors 13 when in open position are adapted to support the door 11 in a horizontal outwardly projecting position whereby the door 11 forms a convenient outwardly projecting rest. The closed positions of the doors 11 and 13 is'shown in Figs. 1, 3, 4, and 5, and the open positions of these doors is shown in Fig. 2 and in dotted lines in Fig. 5.

The downwardly and forwardly facing enclosure formed by the openings 5 and 6 in the front side and bottom respectively of the cabinet and the wall members 8 and support member 9 affords leg room for a person seated before the cabinet when the doors 13 are in open position, and the door 11 when in open position provides an outwardly projecting rest thereby affording convenience and comfort to the person operating the receiving set in the cabinet.

The doors 11 and 13 when closed continue the plane of the front side of the. cabinet and are correspondingly decorated to afford attractiveness to the cabinet and to fully enclose the same when the receiving set is not in use or functioning after having been tuned.

As hereinafter mentioned the top 3 is movable to permit access into the cabinet, and, in order to afford convenient access into the cabinet, is carried by the cabinet for horizontal movement in its plane in paths normal to each other in the following manner. Inwardly facin rails 15 extend along and are secured to tie top edges of the sides of the cabinet, and are accordingly disposed in a horizontal )lane with the opposing rails parallel and orming tracks, the rail at the front side of the cabinet bridging the opening 4. These rails are disposed underneath the top, and four pluralities of revolublc flanged rollers 16 are carried by the top by means of headed studs 17 screwthreaded into the top, and are spaced alon respective rails on the insides thereof, an are interlocked therewith by means of their flanges for rolling movement therealong. The rails 15 are provided with spaced transverse openings 18 therethrough through which the rollers of one pair of rails may pass during movement of the top along the other pair of rails. Upwardly facing anti-friction bearings 19 of usual construction are carried by the rails 15 and engage the under surface of the top. It will be observed that this construction is simple and effective and affords a very convenient access into the cabinet.

The door 11 is provided at its upper edge with a suitable lock, the bolt 21 of which projects upwardly from the upper edge of this door when in locking position and engages in a recess 22 in the under surface of the top 4 when the door and top are in closed position to lock both the door and top against opening movement. The bolt 21 of the lock is operable from the exterior of the door 11 by means of an operating member 23 facing outwardly of the door. See Figs. 1, 2. 5, and 7.

The doors 11 and 13 are provided with suitable knobs 24 for manipulating the doors.

As an added convenience the installed set may be elevated from the support 9 in the cabinet and placedon the top 3 without disconnecting the wires leading to the set for testing, repairing. or adjusting the set, the top being either closed with the wires leading thereto passing through the openings 18 in the front rail 15 or with the top in partially open position and with the wires lending to the set passing through the partially open top of the cabinet. Likewise an additional mam . larly described the preferred embodiment of my invention I do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction shown as changes may readily be made without de-' parting from the spirit of my invention, but

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent the following 1. The combination with an elevated cabinet provided with a wide elevated side opening and with an additional relatively narrow side opening disposed below said first mentioned opening and extending to the bottom of the cabinet and rovided further with a corresponding relatively narrow opening in the bottom thereof extending inwardly from said second mentioned opening and continuing the same, of an intermediately elevated relatively small horizontal support member in the cabinet and disposed above.

when in open position for supporting the first mentioned door in a horizontal "outwardly projecting pos tlon.

2. The combination withan elevatedcabinet of rectangular formation and provided with an elevated, opening in a side thereof extending substantially the length of said side and with an additional centrally dis: posed relatively narrow opening in said side disposed below said first mentioned opening and extending to the bottom of the cabinet and provided further with a corresponding relatively narrow opening in the bottom thereof extending inwardly from said second mentioned opening and continuing the same to an intermediate point in the cabinet, vertical wall members extending along the sides and inner end of said third mentloned opening and projecting upwardly therefrom'to an intermediately elevated plane in the cabinet, a horizontal support member substantially coextensive with said third mentioned opening and supported" at the top of said wall members whereby to form an intermediately elevated support in the cabinet, a door for vclosing the first mentioned opening and hinged at its lower edge to said side of the cabinet for outward opening movement, and a pair of doors for closing said second men tioned opening and hinged to said side of particui the cabinet at respective vertical sides of this opening: for outwardopening movement and adapted when in open position for supporting the first mentioned door ina horizontal outwardly projecting position.

31 Tliecombination with an elevated cabinetprovided with a movable top adapted to. permit access thereinto and provided fur- 'ther with a wide elevated side opening and with an additional relatively narrow side opening disposed, below said first mentioned opening and in central relation therewith and extending to the bottom of the cabinet and rovided further with a corresponding relatively narrow opening in the bottom thereof extending inwardly from said sec ond mentioned opening to an intermediate point and continuing the same, of an intermediately elevated horizontal support in the cabinet disposed above said third mentioned opening and substantially coextensive therewith, a door forclosing said first mentioned opening and hinged to the cabinetat the lower edge thereof for outward opening movement, and a pair of doors for closing said seoondmentioned opening and hinged to the cabinet at respective vertical edges of this opening for outward opening movement and adapted when in open position for supporting the first mentioned door in a horizontal outwardly projecting position.

4. The combination with cabinet of elongated rectangular formation and provided with legs at the narrow sides thereof and. with a movable top adapted to permit access thereinto and provided further withan elevated opening in a long side thereof and extending substantially the length of said side and with an additional relatively narrow opening in said side below said first men, tioned opening in central relation therewith and extending to the lower edge of said side and provided further with a corresponding relatively narrow opening in the bottom thereof extending inwardly from said side to an intermediate point in the cabinet and continuing said second mentioned opening, of vertical wall members extending along the sides and inner end of said third mentioned opening and projecting upwardly there from to an intermediately elevated plane in the cabinet, a horizontal support member substantially coextensive with said third mentioned openin and supported at the top of said wall mem bers whereby to form an intermediately elevated support in the cabinet, and doors for closing said first and second mentioned openings and hinged to said side of the cabinet for outwardly opening movement.

5. The combination with a cabinet structure and an associated member movable with respect thereto, of means whereby said associated member is carried by the cabinet structure for movement in paths transverse to eaehother including two tracks disposed transversely with respectto each other and provided with transverse openings spaced therealon and track engaging members spaced aTong respective tracks in Correspondence with the openings thereof and engaging respective tracks for movement therealong and adapted to pass through respective GEORGE A. HORN. 

